HEADS ROLL AS ONTARIO PARKS ATTEMPTS CLEANUP OF MAID OF THE MIST MESS

From the Niagara Falls Reporter: Chalk up a victory for justice and the Niagara Falls Reporter — whose articles on Ontario’s Niagara Parks Commission (NPC) and their secret arrangements with James Glynn, longtime owner of the Maid of the Mist — led to more than the unraveling of his lease. Last week, four NPC commissioners,…

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4 Niagara Parks Commission members turfed

From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission, which has recently been plagued by scandal and controversy, is in for quite the shake-up. Late Monday night, the Ontario Ministry of Tourism announced it was removing four commissioners from the Niagara Parks board. An interim board, composed of chairwoman Fay Booker, vice chairwoman Janice Thomson,…

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Community website launched by Niagara Parks

From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Parks Commission has launched a community website designed to provide easy access to information about the operations of the parks and how to do business with the commission. The move follows recommendations in Ontario Ministry of Tourism governance and audit reviews of the NPC undertaken last year. “The…

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